Which to use
“remette” is a verb and “revente” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,804
- “remette” frequency rank
- #15,023
- “revente” frequency rank
- 32827
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remette | revente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de remettre. | Seconde vente, nouvelle vente. |
Where the eye mixes remette and revente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. remette and revente follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: remette vs revente
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: remette is \ʁə.mɛt\ while revente is \ʁə.vɑ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32827, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remette is recorded at frequency rank #17,804, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mɛt\. revente is at rank #15,023, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.vɑ̃t\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 32827, this pair ranks #294,694 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remette vs revente
Shared letters: ert. Private to "remette": m. Private to "revente": nv.
"remette" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "revente" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remette" for "revente" ever safe?
Which is more common, "remette" or "revente"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "remette" and "revente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "remette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #294,694 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remette" and "revente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remette vs revêtue". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #294,694 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.